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Padlet focuses on content curation and organization rather than freeform whiteboarding. Its various layout options — grid, shelf, timeline, and map — are designed for collecting and displaying posts in structured formats. This makes it popular in educational settings for gathering student responses, sharing resources, and building multimedia boards. However, Padlet’s structured layouts mean you cannot freely draw, sketch, or arrange content the way you can on a true whiteboard.

Padlet is best suited for teachers and facilitators who need to collect and organize student responses or curate multimedia content in a structured format. If your primary goal is to create a board where participants post text, images, or links into predefined columns or grids, Padlet handles that well. But if you need to sketch diagrams, annotate images, or brainstorm freely, Padlet’s grid-based approach quickly becomes limiting.

Jotboard provides a true whiteboard experience with drawing tools, sticky notes, shapes, text boxes, and real-time collaboration — all on a clean slide-based canvas. You can sketch, annotate, and arrange content however you like, making it far more versatile for brainstorming sessions, lessons, and creative work. With unlimited free boards, up to 5 free collaborators, and no account required for guests to join, Jotboard offers more flexibility and freedom than Padlet’s structured approach.